https://memory.richmond.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=contains&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Songs&submit_search=Search&output=atom2017-12-13T21:14:51-05:00Omekahttps://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/1754The Web 1952 is a photo of a song featured on the University Cheerleaders page. The lyrics include, "Win, win, no one can stop the Rebels in the Red and Blue." Rebels is a reference to the Confederate South and once almost became the new moniker for the Richmond Spiders alongside "The Confederates." The song is credited to Bernie Wayne.]]>2017-07-07T16:02:23-04:00

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This image found in The Web 1952 is a photo of a song featured on the University Cheerleaders page. The lyrics include, "Win, win, no one can stop the Rebels in the Red and Blue." Rebels is a reference to the Confederate South and once almost became the new moniker for the Richmond Spiders alongside "The Confederates." The song is credited to Bernie Wayne.

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The opinion piece "Collegian Forum," argues that the song "Dixie" had not been used as a racist symbol at the University of Richmond and that the black students should not take too much offense towards this song. "The song 'Dixie' should not be banned or restrained; it should be forgotten." The article acknowledges that the song could be seen as offensive to black people. However the author also states, "I can understand how some people might see this as a narrow outlook on the part of the blacks."

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The brief article is about the defeat of North Carolina. The article states that seeing this score (Richmond 14- North Carolina 13) is exciting as that means there will be a "scalping of an Injun", which we see mentioned in other articles. The article states the win is attributed to the team’s talent, and fan’s enthusiasm. The article concludes with the phrase, "Lead those Injuns in!", with reference to scalping. However, in the 1940’s North Carolina’s mascot was the Wolf Pack. This indicates some kind of confusion at The Collegian, or perhaps students were using these chants with reference to an upcoming game against William and Mary. This article seems to be reciting chants that fans and Richmond supporters used at the game.

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A Collegian article recounting the controversy surrounding the play of the song "Dixie" during school events. Richmond College student government, led by Steve Nock, moved to "restrain" the use of the song "Dixie" during school events, and the issue of the appropriateness of Dixie consumed the first several pages of the Collegian. Some students argued that the song was not offensive, and some students "shouldn't be so small as to be offended by a bunch of words." Stanley Davis, a black student at the University, argued that Dixie was offensive, and it was a symbol of the Old South and repression, and that it would be difficult for Richmond to encourage black students to attend when it played and celebrated a song that created a certain kind of "attitude" and "image" about the university. Senior Terry Anderson felt the song kept Richmond from having a progressive image; another student felt that if a song is offensive to even a small minority, it is "common courtesy" to cease playing it.